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William Laud, aartsbisschop van Canterbury, in ceremoniële kledij

William Laud, aartsbisschop van Canterbury, in ceremoniële kledij by Wenceslaus Hollar

Medium

etching

Dimensions

73; 113

About this artwork

blad: hoogte 113 mm x breedte 73 mm

About the Artist

Wenceslaus Hollar · 16071677

Wenceslaus Hollar (1607-1677) was a prolific Bohemian etcher who became one of the most accomplished printmakers of the seventeenth century. Born in Prague, he trained under Matthäus Merian in Frankfurt before entering the service of Thomas Howard, Earl of Arundel, in 1636. Hollar spent most of his career in England, where he produced approximately 2,740 etchings documenting an extraordinary range...

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